One Direction forced to battle through interview in Japan without Zayn Malik after ‘wild’ night out

The boys were left one man down after Zayn pulled out of an interview in Japan (Picture: AP)

One Direction were forced to do an interview in Japan one man down after Zayn Malik pulled out.

The boys arrived for their scheduled press conference for new album Take Me Home in Tokyo after arriving in Japan on Wednesday.

But after just 20 minutes, the camera lenses and bright lights became all too much for fragile Zayn and he ditched his bandmaets – Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles – to seek comfort backstage.

Harry and Niall looked like they were enjoying themselves (Picture: AP)

He apparently picked up a ‘sniffle’ on the long-haul flight to Japan, as well as suffering from severe jetlag.

But according to The Sun, the boys had enjoyed a night before the press conference and were still feeling a little worse-for-wear.

A source said: ‘The boys had a bit of a late one on their first night. It’s their first time in Japan and they were excited to be somewhere new.

Zayn appeared at the press conference earlier but only lasted 20 minutes (Picture: AP)

‘They made the most of the local drinks to get over their jet lag but were suffering during the press conference.’

Luckily, the other four lads wer on top form and happily answered the Japanasese press’ questions.

The boys are promoting new album Take Me Home (Picture: AP)

Harry even tried making up for his bandmates’ disappearance by gushing about how good looking the Japanese girls are.

He said: ‘I think the whole country is very beautiful and the girls are very pretty. And everyone dresses really well.’